No. 18 Laziest State: Pennsylvania

David Sacks

No. 18 Laziest State: Pennsylvania


Time sleeping: 8 hours, 24 minutes
Time watching TV: 2 hours, 47 minutes
Time relaxing and thinking: 20 minutes
Time socializing: 45 minutes
Time working (averaged over total population ages 15 and older): 3 hours, 20 minutes
Median age: 39.7
Obesity ranking: No. 17 (28.1 percent), tied with Georgia and Indiana

Pennsylvania's population has been aging and, according to the Census Bureau, 15.3 percent is over age 65, compared with 12.8 percent nationwide. CDC research shows that about one-fourth of adults in the state do not exercise, and the state health department reports that women are less active than men.